In today’s episode, we have a conversation about mental health and mental illness and its impact on young professionals. We also hear from clinical psychologist Jordan Mongie, who attempts to demystify the topic.

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In today's episode we chat to Larissa du Preez, a manager within Deloitte consulting who heads up the consulting infinity graduate programme. 

The discussion looks at the overall value chain of a graduate programme (the strategy, the purpose, the vision, and the selection criteria). We unpack how young aspiring graduates can best improve their CV/interviewing skills to ensure that they are selected for this graduate programme (and many others). 

If you have been struggling to land a graduate programme offer, or if you would like some insight into what you can expect from a graduate programme, don't miss out on this episode. 

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In today's episode, we chat with Rutendo Chigora, who is currently working for a premier asset management firm in New York. Previously she worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company & the Rwanda Development Board on its private sector development initiatives.

Rutendo completed a Master of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and an MBA at the Said Business School at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. 

In this episode, you'll learn:

• the experience of African's working in the diaspora.
• importance of peer mentorship.
• what a liberal education system entails. 
• how drive and resilience can be shaped by our experiences.

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In today's episode, we chat with Taiwo Okwor a Vice President at a pan-African Multilateral Development Finance Institution , and founder of Femme Minty an educational platform that is focused on promoting financial education for women.
In this episode, you'll learn:

• Importance of focusing on honing new skills at the early stage of a career.
• how she landed in the field of development finance.
• The importance of financial education particularly for women. 

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Shenai Bridglall is the founder of SB Holdings, a women-led global luxury group, and The EssBee Foundation, a non-profit organisation that aims to reduce the gender inequality gap in South Africa. Shenai received a Bachelor and Master of Business Science from the University of Cape Town. She is a former model, Miss South Africa 2017 finalist, and worked at Google in South Africa and Singapore before launching her companies.

She is passionate about gender inequality and strives to address these issues through her different companies at a global and local level. 

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In today's episode, we chat with Shreya Shah, a Business Process Manager at a Kenyan insurer. She is also the founder of Concise, an innovative start-up attempting to bring curated and concise news on the African continent.

Shreya has a Bachelors's in Business Science with a focus on economics and statistics from the University of Cape Town.

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In today's episode, we chat with Jessica Ronaasen, Founder and host of the podcast, Relate Your Research, an online platform for social workers and researchers to share their unique experiences.

Jessica is an internationally published researcher and Social Worker with experience and expertise in NGO management, Early Childhood Development, and social work services.

Jessica has a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and a Masters in Social Work from Stellenbosch University completed as a Mandela Rhodes Scholar. She is currently completing her Ph.D

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In today's episode, we chat with Simon Ellis, CEO of African technology startup SmartWage.

Simon shines the spotlight on the payday poverty cycle and how SmartWage aims to give workers access to wages earned as a solution to this problem. Simon is a Stellenbosch university alumnus and trained as a Chartered Accountant with a big four firm in the United Kingdom. 

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In this episode, Jonathan and Shaneil reflect on a great debut season. They focus on some of the interesting highlights from the season and give us a sneak peak on what they have in store for Season 2 .

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In today’s episode, we chat with Mbali Nwoko the CEO of Green Terrace Farm, which produces high-value vegetable crops for leading retailers in South Africa. 

Mbali is an alumnus of the University of Johannesburg and Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) . 

We chat about the opportunities for young people in agriculture and, her journey from corporate recruiter to an award winning commercial farmer. 

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